Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-16
LOCAL BREYITIEs.


To-day is pardon day.
The river is full of cats.
High license is being agitated.
Tramps are scarce, but street-walkers
| plentiful.
Sacramento will have building boom
in the spring.
A car stable is soon to be built on lot L of
Highland Park.
Two new cabooses have been turned out
of the railroad shops in this city.
The trusses for the roof are being placed
in position in the Catholic Cathedral
Officer Farrell found stray horse on the
streets yesterday and took charge of it.
The San Francisco Harbor Commission
ers will pay 0,e00 into the State Treasury
to-day.
An artifcial-stone sidewalk is being laid
on the south side of NJ street, between Sew
enth and Eighth.
Last Monday evening two engines col
lided in the switch yards and both were
slightly damaged.
Wilbur F. George, of this city was yes
terday commissioned Notary Public, vice
self, term expired.
The excavatipg of the earth on the old
Catholic-church site still continues, con-
trary to the contractors promise.
At the paint shops of the railroad COM
pany work has slightly lessened, but the
usual amount will be on hand in a few
days.
The work of putting new props under
this end of the Yolo bridge, which has &C.
cupied few weeks, will be completed in
two or three days.
The palm trees in Capitol Park are being
artistically trimmed and present fine ap-
pearance. These trees attract the attention
of all Eastern visitors.
There has been added to the State Ii
brary a complete set-twenty-fiv hand
somely bound volumes-of The Herd Reg
lister of the American Jersey Cattle Club.
The commission of Major W. H Sher-
burn as Signal Officer on the staff of the
Fourth Brigade, N. G. c., was received by
him yesterday, and he was duly qualified.
Sheriff Drew will begin collecting the
State and county taxes in this city, at his
office, to-day. Taxes will not be delinquent
until after p. NJ. on the last Monday in
December.
The stone walk around the Plaza is about
completed. The grass does not look well,
having died out in many places. 1t should
receive thorough wedding, and many
spots resown during the winter.
Colonel McNasser is having constructed
brick bulkhead around his property on
Tenth and L streets, and the laying of &C.
ment walk will follow. The Colonel in
tends to build seven cottages on his lots.
The following sums were yesterday paid
into the State Treasury by the management
of the prison ct San Quentin Sale of va
rious manufactured articles sc, S35 Sc: sale
of jute goods, $7,7S6 81 Total, $14 .622 10.
Sheriff l. A. Hill, of Mendon, Neb.,
lodged Christian Holm in the city jail last
night en- route, on charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses. He arrested his
man in San Francisco and will leave with
his prisoner for Nebraska to-day.
The case of Alderman and Koening, for
assault to murder. was not heard in the Su-
perior Court yesterday, because the case of
Heisen vs. Best was previously set for the
same date. The Alderman Koening case
will be taken up at 10 A. NJ. to-day.
At the New York Market, K street, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh, they yesterday
had hanging up with their other meat a
young black bear, which was killed on the
Costumes, in this county. Bruin was
young, nice and fat, and weighed 165
pounds.
1oC lcpOItS ouOW Tic llTSI
light frost of the season yesterday, accord
ing to their record the minimum tempera-
ture falling to 800 after o'clock A. M.
The average temperature yesterday was so,
being 80 warmer than the normal for that
day. The highest and lowest temperature
was 74o and 800, with gentle to fresh and
light northerly winds, with clear weather.
a. W. Moone was arrested yesterday for
attempting to extort money by threats and
personating an officer. He wore a blue
suit and brass buttons much resembling a
policeman's uniform. His modus oper-
andi was TO go to lewd women and other
low characters, and attempt to extort
money by threatening to throw them into
Jail if they refused to accede TO his de-
mands. 1t is not known whether he sue
ceeded in getting any money or not.
At midnight the following names APP
peared on the slate at the station-house
James Lewis, battery, by officer Farrell
Joe Pepino, battery, by officer Mccormack
A. w. Moore, misdemeanor, bv officer
Able; Richard Lawrence, Mike Sullivan
and japanese George, drunk, by officers
Rowland and Frazee; Christian Holm Zen
routel, obtaining money by false pretenses.
by Sheriff Hill; japanese George, assault
with deadly weapon, by officers Ash and
Farrell Richard Lawrence, battery, same
officers; Domingo Morales, assault TO muir
der, by officer Mccormack; Richard Will
son, vagrancy, by officer Able.